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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The works of Henri Bosco feature what areas, featuring connected passages with the possibility of escape?
(a) Ultra-cellars.
(b) Super-cellars.
(c) Ultra-towers.
(d) Mega-attics.

2. What do poets create, according to Bachelard, to transcend conflicted night dreams?
(a) Poetic daydreams.
(b) Poetic descriptions of the night.
(c) New memories.
(d) New resolutions to nightmares.

3. The author believes that a well-drawn representation of a house inspires observers to do what?
(a) Cherish their own homes.
(b) Build a dream house.
(c) Daydream or contemplate.
(d) Yearn for the childhood house.

4. A poetic image is independent of what according to Bachelard?
(a) Art.
(b) Reverberation.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Causality.

5. Bergson called drawers concepts into which what is classified?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Knowledge or thinking.
(c) Experience.
(d) Psychological development.

6. According to Bachelard, which level of a house is always dark and shadowy, like the unconscious?
(a) The attic.
(b) The cellar.
(c) The sleeping level.
(d) Every level.

7. In the works of Edgar Allan Poe, murder and mayhem usually occur where?
(a) In criminal cellars.
(b) In childhood homes.
(c) In dark attics.
(d) In the imagination.

8. Ultimately, as explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what can be used to communicate with other souls?
(a) Music.
(b) Emerging from one's home to experience the world.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Poetry or daydreaming.

9. Bachelard theorizes that dreams of nests inspire what?
(a) A desire to have a home that opens to nature.
(b) Dreams of security.
(c) Fear of flying.
(d) Poetry.

10. As explained in "The House, from Cellar to Garret . . .," what is the main benefit of a house?
(a) To protect property.
(b) To create cities.
(c) To shelter daydreaming.
(d) To define boundaries.

11. What romantic notion does Bachelard dispute?
(a) The magic of rainbows.
(b) The refuge of the forest.
(c) Poetic imagery.
(d) The lover's nest.

12. Topo-analysis is useful for studying what?
(a) The structure of a house.
(b) The structure of a poem.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Isolated poetic images.

13. Who claimed that only the image can keep up with the changes of nature?
(a) Bachelard.
(b) Vlaminck.
(c) Michelet.
(d) Pasternak.

14. How does Bachelard describe images that attribute human qualities to a nest?
(a) Astute.
(b) Obvious.
(c) Childish.
(d) Inane.

15. What is a center of order in a house, according to Bachelard?
(a) Decorative objects.
(b) Stairways.
(c) The brain.
(d) The wardrobe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Victor Hugo's literary character, Quasimodo, described what as "egg, nest, house, country and universe"?

2. What does a metaphor present?

3. When memories reside in parts of a house, which of the following is true in the author's opinion?

4. Memories and images of previous dwelling places converge where according to the author?

5. According to Bachelin, which is the oldest season?

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